In 2009 Tommerup Kister entered into a relationship with world-renowned Danish design company, Jacob Jensen Design. The idea was to bring
together 100 years of funeral directing experience with the absolute cutting edge of Scandinavian design. To celebrate the company’s centennial
in 2010, Tommerup Kister wanted to launch a new and unique coffin in a field bound by tradition.

The result is a line of universal, timeless coffins and urns which present a marked break with the past while continuing a tradition. In the Diamant
Series form and emotion unite to provide a dignified farewell.

Jacob Jensen Design found inspiration in the shape of a diamond. A symbol of the perpetual, pure and noble. The highest point on the coffin is in line with
the heart of the deceased; the coffin’s top surface is such that a single flower can be placed exactly there.

With clear lines and contrasting light and dark tones we have unmistakably the Jacob Jensen fingerprint. Light plays in the classic facets of the Read More…

Its Both! a Coffin and a Coffee Table!

This great coffee table/coffin by Casket Furniture is in fact both. The reasoning behind the dual use furniture is the belief that paying for a coffin that has a one time use is not particularly a good value. Who could argue that in the economic times we live in. A better value is a casket with a useful life, in this case as a coffee table, that in the end serves you a final bonus as your coffin. This way you extract the value by the dual function and the savings of one less furniture purchase. A sound investment on sale now at $508 we here at BurialOptions.com love it and hope to see more creative ideas like this propagate in the future. Time for a new coffee table that is also a great burial option?

The Star Trek Cremation Urn

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The Star Trek Cremation Urn is still available through a new distributor at memorials.com for $597 us.It seems as though the original providers eternal image have gone out of business but we are still luckily able to procure this beautiful Star Trek Urn from a new site Memorials.com .Well upon closer inspection we can buy a cheaper knock off of the original. While they also carry a line of Star Trek Caskets …they are the cremation caskets and do not carry the premium Star Trek Casket that eternal image company used to carry and upon comparison between this photo and the photo on the memorial.com site we can see the original Star Trek Urn pictured here is of higher quality than the one being offer by memorials.com. We will report if we can find a distributor of the original.But we can be thankful for the little things as our much sought after Star Trek Cremation Urns are still available as of August 2012 if not in a lesser form.

This beauty could proudly be displayed on any mantle and would clearly represent the occupants forward thinking outlook during life. Now they can boldly go where no living man has gone before them.

“The STAR TREK™ Cremation Urn features a bold design reminiscent of the 24th century styling of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet. Star Trek Cremation Urns have been available since 2009.

The STAR TREK Cremation Urn is made from 23rd Century stainless steel and wood design; made for a true fan and will become a family heirloom for generations to come. Featuring a Trademark Starfleet Delta Insignia.Read More…

The Cacoon Reinventing the Coffin | Stylish Choices In Coffins

Made of untreated jute and a natural resin that bio-degrade within 9-16 years this stylish green option for burial would has made this review jealous.

The Cocoon can be used in the cremation process too, and the high-gloss varnish is water based and harmless to the environment. Every coffin is manufactured exclusively by hand and is like the Ferrari of coffins.

The winner of an IDEA Silver Medal at the 2006 awards, the philosophy of the Cocoon focuses on people who want to learn to live with the loss of somebody beloved. There is no elaborate decoration in order that “the focus should lie on the personality of the deceased.” At UE3000 plus shipping, the Cocoon can be delivered anywhere in Germany within 2-3 days and anywhere in Europe within a week.